Related Instruments
The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) is a brief, 35-item, true/false questionnaire, completed by parents regarding the behavior of their child. It parallels the ADI-R in content and is used for brief screening to determine the need to conduct a full ADI-R interview.
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule ADOS, is a companion instrument by the same core authors. It is a semi-structured set of observations and is conducted in an office setting as a series of activities involving the referred individual and a psychologist or other trained and licensed examiner.
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